348 terms start with “p

People

tanánma; tanánma miimáma ‘the old people’.

Pepper

pƛɨ́k ‘spicy, hot, piquant; black pepper’.

Perch

walápaq̓ič ‘sit on a branch, sit high up’.

Perfect

c̓áa ~ c̓aˀá ‘fitting, just right’.

Perfect

~ -ɨn (present perfect).

Perforated

tqútquni; pɨ́tqʷtqʷni ‘perforated, dotted’.

Performer

wanpawasłá ‘radio DJ, band member’.

Perfume

iqʷiktpamá ~ iqʷikáwas ‘cologne’; pinaˀiqʷikt̓áwas ‘cologne, body powder’.

Perfume

íqʷik ‘perfume’.

Perhaps

páyš ‘maybe, if’; laˀák ‘maybe’.

Period

alxayxpamá ‘menstrual period’.

Periwinkle

x̣ɨmt̓úy ‘caddisfly larva, periwinkle, pennywinkle (Trichoptera)’.

Person

tanán ‘person, Indian’.

Personifier

-yáya; -ya; -yáy; -áy; -íya. These suffixes derive names of legendary characters from their everyday counterparts.

Perspiration

láatlat ‘sweating, sweat’.

Perspire

láatla ‘sweat’.

Pertaining

-pamá ‘pertaining to’ (denominative).

Pestle

pnáy ~ tuttpamá.

Pet

k̓úłi ‘master; pet’.

Petition

aƛ̓áwi ‘ask for, request, pray’.